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Octex - an acronym for Organic Crackle and Tone Experiments - aka Jernej Marušič, has been experimenting with music since the late 1990s. His first release appeared in 2000 on the compilation called Eletrotehnika Slavenika (later mutated into Tehnika 1 compilation, released by the short lived Tehnika label) which was then featured kot priloga in the Wire magazine. Octex's track was than alreadey noticed and played by the legendary John Peel on BBC Radio 1.

In 2002 he released his début album Idei Lahesna on Tehnika records, garnering high praise from both critics and public alike (some labeled it the "dub-techno album of the decade") and getting his self-made video for the track Emergon played on TV stations such as VIVA and Onyx TV. In 2003 he received a Boomerang Award for best newcomer of the year, and for the second year in a row was selected as one of the 10 finalists for the Radio France International Electronic Music Award. With his album Variations, released on Rx-tx in 2005, his music was getting more experimental and abstract. It was also getting him an evolving international recognition, a solid fanbase and a number of gigs around Europe.

In the following years he made a number of remixes for artists such as Marko Furstenberg, Gabriel Le Mar, Ultra-Red, Laibach (his remix fot theit track Smrt za smrt was released by the Mute label) etc. He appeared on numerous Slovene (worth mentionig is the Chilli space series) as well as foreign compilations. In December 2009 his latest album Every sound tells a story came out. It again was getting enthusiastic feedback and was selected by Radio Student as one of the five best albums of the year. Using field recordings and his newly nekaj modular synth collection, the album still hovers around the avant-grade with more than a hint of his club milje.

[Tehnika] Octex - Emergon by 2030brother on YouTube

A song from Octex's 2002 album Idei Lahesna. He also produced the video.

Being one of the most active Slovene live acts, he performed with his his audio/visual live set at such prominent festivals as ARS Electronica (Linz), Club Transmediale (Berlin), ISEA (Helsinki), Dis-patch (Belgrade) Exit (Novi Sad) White Night (Riga), Flussi (Avellino)... Octex also plays regularly at Chilli Space events and at Klub K4 in Ljubljana. Beside doing live sets he also regularly plays dj sets of various genres, presenting music that ranges from old school berlin techno to contemporary dub.

He is interested in inmprovised music for some time, and besides doing his solo improv sessions he was also a part of Gangan ensemble Ljubljana (led by the artist Tengal from the Phillipines) and has in 2009 formed a trio Ago Tela.

His latest musical interest can be traced to the pseudonym Pavemental, under which his song was featured on the Sampler 2011 compillation, released by rx-tx.

{{#oembed:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAKm-V1nF9M%7C576}} A track released under the alias Pavemental in 2011.

External links

Octex discography on Discogs

Octex mix for FILTER27 Podcast

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 In 2002 he released his début album ''Idei Lahesna'' on Tehnika records, garnering high praise from both critics and public alike (some labeled it the "dub-techno album of the decade") and getting his self-made video for the track ''Emergon'' played on TV stations such as VIVA and Onyx TV. In 2003 he received a Boomerang Award for best newcomer of the year, and for the second year in a row was selected as one of the 10 finalists for the Radio France International Electronic Music Award. With his album Variations, released on [[rx-tx]] in 2005, his music was getting more experimental and abstract. It was also getting him an evolving international recognition, a solid fanbase and a number of gigs around Europe.
-In the following years he made a number of remixes for artists such as Marko Furstenberg, Gabriel Le Mar, Ultra-Red, [[Laibach]] (his remix fot theit track ''Smrt za smrt'' was released by the Mute label) etc. He appeared on numerous Slovene as well as foreign compilations. In December 2009 his latest album Every sound tells a story came out. It again was getting enthusiastic feedback and was selected by Radio Student as one of the five best albums of the year. Using field recordings and his newly nekaj modular synth collection, the album still hovers around the avant-grade with more than a hint of his club milje.
+In the following years he made a number of remixes for artists such as Marko Furstenberg, Gabriel Le Mar, Ultra-Red, [[Laibach]] (his remix fot theit track ''Smrt za smrt'' was released by the Mute label) etc. He appeared on numerous Slovene (worth mentionig is the [[Chilli space]] series) as well as foreign compilations. In December 2009 his latest album Every sound tells a story came out. It again was getting enthusiastic feedback and was selected by Radio Student as one of the five best albums of the year. Using field recordings and his newly nekaj modular synth collection, the album still hovers around the avant-grade with more than a hint of his club milje.
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+{{YouTube|VvKHpq7Y9as}}
 A song from Octex's 2002 album ''Idei Lahesna''. He also produced the video.
-Omeni rš, 5, 2010
+Being one of the most active Slovene live acts, he performed with his his audio/visual live set at such prominent festivals as ARS Electronica (Linz), Club Transmediale (Berlin), ISEA (Helsinki), Dis-patch (Belgrade) Exit (Novi Sad) White Night (Riga), Flussi (Avellino)... Octex also plays regularly at Chilli Space events and at [[Klub K4]] in Ljubljana. Beside doing live sets he also regularly plays dj sets of various genres, presenting music that ranges from old school berlin techno to contemporary dub.
-GANGAN ENSEMBLE LJUBLJANA 2009
-pavemental
-založbe
-chilli space . ker založba
-omnwni k4
-dublab evening
-kje je vse rolu v zadnje,m
-video scena
-sempler
+He is interested in inmprovised music for some time, and besides doing his solo improv sessions he was also a part of Gangan ensemble Ljubljana (led by the artist Tengal from the Phillipines) and has in 2009 formed a trio [[Ago Tela]].
-mixi
-smrt za smrt on mute
-Since that time he has become one of the most active Slovene live acts, performing at such prominent festivals as Club Transmediale, FutureSonic, ISEA, La Batie, Nuit Blanche and Exit, either as a solo artist or as part of the multimedia project Signal-Sever. Octex also plays regularly at Chilli Space events and at [[Klub K4]] in Ljubljana.
+His latest musical interest can be traced to the pseudonym Pavemental, under which his song was featured on the Sampler 2011 compillation, released by rx-tx.
-In the meantime he is busy performing his audio/visual live set at festivals and clubs all around Europe, such as ARS Electronica (Linz), Club Transmediale (Berlin), ISEA (Helsinki), Dis-patch (Belgrade) Exit (Novi Sad) White Night (Riga), Flussi (Avellino)...
+{{YouTube|RAKm-V1nF9M}}
+A track released under the alias Pavemental in 2011.
-Lately he also became interested in improvised music, either doing his solo improv sessions, or as part of a trio Ago Tela, which he formed in 2009 with like minded musicians Marjan Crnkovic (Dojaja) and Mario Marolt (Electrosaurus), and has been focusing on it a lot lately
-Selected discography of Octex
-}}
 == See also ==
 *[[rx-tx]]
 *[[Projekt Atol Institute]]
+*[[Ago Tela]]
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